Contamination of a milk bank pasteuriser causing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2003 Sep;88(5):F434-5. doi: 10.1136/fn.88.5.f434.

Abstract

An environmental investigation and a cohort study were carried out to analyse an outbreak of infection caused by a serotype O10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit. Thirty one cases of infection were recorded, including four lethal ones. The outbreak was stopped by eradicating the environmental sources: a contaminated milk bank pasteuriser and bottle warmer.

MeSH terms

  • Bottle Feeding
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / etiology
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Equipment Contamination* / prevention & control
  • France / epidemiology
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / epidemiology
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / etiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infection Control / organization & administration
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*
  • Milk Banks*
  • Milk, Human / microbiology*
  • Otitis Media / epidemiology
  • Otitis Media / etiology
  • Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / etiology
  • Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology
  • Sepsis / epidemiology
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Sterilization